CO129-507-1 Proposal to dispose of Boxer Indemnity funds- claim by Hong Kong university 21-12-1927 - 24-7-1928 — Page 57

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(Paper C.P.377 (28)) pointing out that His Majesty's Government have been frequently attacked on the ground that they are too readily disposed to abandon the claims

of this country on foreign nations, and asking the Cabinet to reject the proposal of the Foreign Office;

and urging instead that Sir Miles Lamps on should be

instructed to negotiate an agreement with the Chinese Government by which His Majesty's Government should surrender all future instalments of the Indemnity on condition that firstly, the existing fund is paid to the British Exchequer on account of the expenditure incurred over Shanghai; and, secondly, that satisfactory

arrangements are reached about the Commercial Treaty and

the settlement of private British claims:

A Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Paper C.P.411(28)) opposing the Chancellor of the

Exchequer's proposal on the ground that it would be

contrary to the promises which we have made and repeated

to China and the whole world that the whole of the funds

are to be remitted for the mutual interests of China

and Great Britain for "educational and other" purposes

and not applied to purely British purposes, and that

it would be contrary to the present general policy of

encouragement and friendliness to the new China:

A